The commission must be able to take decisions about mergers’ effects on competition in full knowledge of accurate facts.”

The commission must be able to take decisions about mergers’ effects on competition in full knowledge of accurate facts.”
“The commission has confirmed that they did not impact the outcome of the merger review.”
The overall penalty amounted to a slap on the wrist — it pales in comparison with the tens of billions of dollars the company earns in online advertising every year,
and Europe’s antitrust officials stopped short of voiding the deal completely.
On Tuesday, French officials fined the social network €150,000 — another relatively small penalty — for failing to give the company’s users in
that country sufficient control over how their data is collected and used.
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Other European countries, notably Germany, are clamping down on social media companies, including issuing
potentially hefty penalties for failing to sufficiently police hate speech and misinformation.
“Today’s decision sends a clear signal to companies that they must comply with all aspects of E. U.
merger rules,” Ms. Vestager said in a statement.
That could allow it to gain an unfair advantage over rivals, by giving it access
to greater amounts of data to help support its online advertising business.